Variational Quantum Time Evolution without the Quantum Geometric Tensor
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| author | Gacon, Julien Nys, Jannes Rossi, Riccardo Woerner, Stefan Carleo, Giuseppe |
| author_facet | Gacon, Julien Nys, Jannes Rossi, Riccardo Woerner, Stefan Carleo, Giuseppe |
| contents | The real- and imaginary-time evolution of quantum states are powerful tools in physics, chemistry, and beyond, to investigate quantum dynamics, prepare ground states or calculate thermodynamic observables. On near-term devices, variational quantum time evolution is a promising candidate for these tasks, as the required circuit model can be tailored to trade off available device capabilities and approximation accuracy. However, even if the circuits can be reliably executed, variational quantum time evolution algorithms quickly become infeasible for relevant system sizes due to the calculation of the Quantum Geometric Tensor (QGT). In this work, we propose a solution to this scaling problem by leveraging a dual formulation that circumvents the explicit evaluation of the QGT. We demonstrate our algorithm for the time evolution of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian and show that it accurately reproduces the system dynamics at a fraction of the cost of standard variational quantum time evolution algorithms. As an application of quantum imaginary-time evolution, we calculate a thermodynamic observable, the energy per site, of the Heisenberg model. |
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| spellingShingle | Variational Quantum Time Evolution without the Quantum Geometric Tensor Gacon, Julien Nys, Jannes Rossi, Riccardo Woerner, Stefan Carleo, Giuseppe Quantum Physics The real- and imaginary-time evolution of quantum states are powerful tools in physics, chemistry, and beyond, to investigate quantum dynamics, prepare ground states or calculate thermodynamic observables. On near-term devices, variational quantum time evolution is a promising candidate for these tasks, as the required circuit model can be tailored to trade off available device capabilities and approximation accuracy. However, even if the circuits can be reliably executed, variational quantum time evolution algorithms quickly become infeasible for relevant system sizes due to the calculation of the Quantum Geometric Tensor (QGT). In this work, we propose a solution to this scaling problem by leveraging a dual formulation that circumvents the explicit evaluation of the QGT. We demonstrate our algorithm for the time evolution of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian and show that it accurately reproduces the system dynamics at a fraction of the cost of standard variational quantum time evolution algorithms. As an application of quantum imaginary-time evolution, we calculate a thermodynamic observable, the energy per site, of the Heisenberg model. |
| title | Variational Quantum Time Evolution without the Quantum Geometric Tensor |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12839 |